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15 French Recipes for Provençal Meals



Typically channeling the sensation of Southern France is so simple as utilizing Herbes de Provence, the staple spice mix of oregano, rosemary, and thyme, typically fennel, lavender, or tarragon. Different events name for the dishes that originated within the idyllic area — bouillabaisse from Marseille, pissaladière and ratatouille from Good, soupe au pistou. Channel the Mediterranean, the Southern Alps, and the Côte d’Azur with aromatics, seafood, and prime pairings. From Niçoise salad to fish stew, and loads of proteins ready with Herbes de Provence, these recipes are one of the best of Provençal meals.

Niçoise Salad

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This traditional Provençal salad combines tuna, potatoes, inexperienced beans, anchovies, hard-boiled eggs, olives, and tomatoes. Julia Little one used contemporary inexperienced beans and tomatoes with tinned tuna and anchovies, plus olives and capers for an additional stage of piquant taste.

Rooster Provençal

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Merely seasoned items of hen are browned till golden then simmered with a garlicky, olive-spiked, tomato pan sauce and served with crusty baguette for this daring braise from Southern France.

Roasted Tomato Pissaladière

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A preferred Provençal pastry, pissaladière is usually topped with caramelized onions, olives, and anchovies. For this recipe, Martha Holmberg roasts canned entire peeled tomatoes till barely dehydrated to provide them a pleasantly chewy texture and concentrated taste. Maintain it easy with store-bought puff pastry for the crispy, gentle, flakey crust. 

Ratatouille

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Rejoice summer season with this stew of tomatoes, zucchini, peppers, onions, and eggplant from Good. Parisian Rebekah Peppler cooks every vegetable individually and finishes the stew with a beneficiant portion of rosé to meld the flavors collectively.

Anthony Bourdain’s Soupe de Poisson

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The saffron, orange, fennel, and Pernod on this soup are traditional flavors from seafood soups made within the South of France. Anthony Bourdain served the soup with toasts slathered with garlicky rouille.

Bouillabaisse

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Make a quick-cooking, deeply flavored seafood broth from scratch for classi bouillabaisse. Layer a base of aromatics with contemporary snapper, scallops, shrimp, and a mixture of Pernod and dry white wine for long-simmered taste. 

Provençal Vegetable Soup

© David Malosh

Get distinctive taste from pistou on this vegetable-packed soup from legendary French chef Eric Ripert.

South of France Roast Rooster

© Ian Knauer

Channel Provençal flavors with Herbes de Provence, the mix of lavender, thyme, and fennel, for these 50-minute roasted hen legs from Ian Knauer.

Sluggish-Cooked Duck with Inexperienced Olives and Herbes de Provence

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Paula Wolfert slow-cooks duck with aromatics till it’s as tasty and tender as confit, then broils it till the pores and skin is shatter-crisp.

Provençal Grilled Lamb

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Château de Campuget’s Mathilde Dalle and chef Patrick Thibaud use the quintessentially Provençal mixture of rosemary, thyme, and garlic to taste this 45-minute grilled lamb.

Seared Tuna with Sauce Vierge

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Evoke the flavors of southern France with Eric Ripert’s gentle, simple tuna recipe. He crusts the fish with herbes de Provence, then drizzles his tackle sauce vierge, an oil flavored with sun-dried tomatoes, basil, and capers.

Brandade de Morue au Gratin (Whipped Salt Cod Gratin)

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This Provençal dish is a superb instance of how you can elevate modest substances like salt cod and potatoes — on this case, by whipping them with milk, olive oil, and garlic till luxuriously silky. Jacques Pépin serves the dish au gratin — browned, with cheese on high.

Basic Pistou

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Pistou is the olive oil-based basil sauce from the south of France that intently resembles Ligurian pesto. There’s just one approach to make true pistou — by hand, tearing basil leaves, then grinding the leaves in opposition to the facet of a mortar with a pestle to puree them right into a silky, creamy sauce.

Provençal Eggplant-Tomato Gratin

Christopher Hirsheimer

Roast ripe summer season tomatoes and eggplant with herbs and olives on this recipe from Frank Stitt, who labored for the late nice cookbook creator Richard Olney in Provence, France.

Provençal Vegetable Tart

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Repurpose the greens usually utilized in ratatouille for this savory tart from Didier Murat and Julianne Jones.

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